Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Faculty Member, Arts and Design

Research Coordinator Artistic Research

About

Art historian and critic, curator. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark

-1981-1991 Studies in Art History at the University of Copenhagen. Thesis "The Moving Image. Diversity in Early Byzantine Art before Iconoclasm".
-1992 Visting Scholar at Courtauld Institute, London.
-1993-1999 Concept for and co-director with Jörg Niederberger of the interdisciplinary art space forumclaque, Baden.
-2001-2005 Research assistant for art at Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zürich and conceptual work for a magazine at the ETH Zürich
-2007 Development and head of the unit for Art Driven Research at the Lucerne University of Art and Design.
-2012 Head of the Competence Center Artistic Materials Research

Continued assignments and projects in the field of art history from Late Antiquity to contemporary art with a focus on history, historiography, methodology and practice of art. In my current position the focus is on collaborating with artists doing art research and facilitating the transfer and development of transdisciplinary art projects.

A basic research focus is on art in the framework of history, practical philosophy and aesthetics. A leading theme is hence the production and reception of art connected to its material expression.